First-term Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss has widened his lead over Democratic challenger James Martin), a former state representative, in their Dec. 2 runoff battle, according to a survey conducted Nov. 22-23 by Public Policy Polling. The runoff was forced when Chambliss fell short of the 50 percent needed to win out right, beating Martin 49.8 percent to 46.8 percent with 3.4 percent for Libertarian Allen Buckley.
Chambliss is now leading Martin 53 percent to 41 percent with 2 percent undecided in the PPP survey. The margin of error is 3.3 percent.
PPP says that Martin has benefited earlier from larger turnout among young generated by Barack Obama who may not come out just to vote for Martin. In its pre-election Oct. 31 - Nov. 2 poll, PPP put the size of the 17-to-29 sample at 17 percent, compared to 12 percent in the new survey. The size of the sample of voters over 65 in the new survey is 20 percent compared to 15 percent before Election Day. The younger voters favor Martin by 8 points while those over 65 back Chambliss by a 38 point margin.
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